Empty Promise - LeGrand

Stephen is a silhouette of what he used to be He was like the heroes on the movie screen Then something happened when he lost his family A little bit of him died Now he's just one man in a king-sized bed Sold the minivan for a new corvette He keeps seeing people in the corner of his eye What do you want from me? Why are you taunting me? Is it God or the devil that is haunting me? Why's it so hard to tell If you wish me well? Or are harvesting my soul to drag me down to hell? I'm indifferent I like me better when I don't listen Sara's partner lived life full throttle Sara's partner had a problem with a bottle But on the weekend he would lead a congregation And Sara didn't want to ruin all of their faith So she kept the facade up, slept with a monster He'll repent in the process, she'd tell he was honest She'd run to the mall and go spend all their dollars She'd empty their coffers, not a penny for vodka Shadow at the shops followed her home A fleeting feeling that the pharisee had no hope 'Cause manipulative men don't relinquish control When they have a band of loyal followers by their throat But Sara felt she was called by God to save him The only person who had half the heart to change him While they provided tithes for his lies She would cry up on high in the night What do you want from me? Why are you taunting me? Is it God or the devil that is haunting me? Why's it so hard to tell If you wish me well? Or are harvesting my soul to drag me down to hell? I'm indifferent I like me better when I don't listen What are these things you say? Is it a test of faith Or am I confusing grandiosity with grace? Am I delusional To want to change the world? What's the point if it's eroding all of my self-worth? I'm indifferent I like me better when I don't listen

Up when the sun gets above the horizon, it's lighting up dust Like a couple aerosolized diamonds And I've been ninety days no sleepin' or eatin' or blinkin' I think I'm in a state of dangerous dehydration, I'm spacing I'm living in a tumbleweed and it's set on a blue light screen My only sense of relief makes me feel like I forget how to think But I need an escape, man I hate that I'm waiting on rain in a strange land I'm isolated And crazed that I gotta make like Like I'm in some kind of Wasteland Feel I can hardly breathe And this 4k cam's swimming in RGB Like I'm deserted, I'm hurting, my eyes get blurry They're burning from all the hours of turning up to my LCD It's an 8-bit snake pit, no way to change it Haters saying it's laziness, shaming it just my naming it But nobody can be more critical than me Too tired too work, too motivated to sleep Sometimes the truth hurts I'm an NPC My body's not big enough for just the two of us The me that wants to get it done The me that's stranded into dust A hundred miles from nowhere, haven't rendered my future yet Couple bytes of talent but I'll never end up using it So stay down, keep your face down The main characters are here No need to fear cause we're all saved now Making my decisions for me, here to be the hero's home Gonna kill the villains cronies They're the only ones that know the Wasteland Feel I can hardly breathe And this 4k cam's swimming in RGB Like I'm deserted, I'm hurting, my eyes get blurry They're burning from all the hours of turning up to my LCD It's an 8-bit snake pit, no way to change it Haters saying it's laziness, shaming it just my naming it But nobody can be more critical than me Too tired too work, too motivated to sleep Sometimes the truth hurts Gotta make like I'm some kind of Wasteland Feel I can hardly breathe And this 4k cam's swimming in RGB Like I'm deserted, I'm hurting, my eyes get blurry They're burning from all the hours of turning up to my LCD It's an 8-bit snake pit, no way to change it Haters saying it's laziness, shaming it just my naming it But nobody can be more critical than me Too tired too work, too motivated to sleep Sometimes the truth hurts I'm an NPC